Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Scrapbusting Mystery - clue Six (final clue!)

STEP ONE: Take 4 of the
HST scrappy units from Clue #3, one scrappy diamond unit from Clue #4
and your four border fabric Chevron units from Clue #5 and sew them
together for the center unit as shown.

NOTE:
IF you
have borders around your scrappy diamond units (see Clue #4), use the
one with the border fabric for this step.

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STEP TWO: For the first
border, take your 16 patch units from Clue #5 and sew them together
in pairs. Then, using the scrappy diamond units from Clue #4 in the
corners, sew these borders around your center unit.

NOTE:
IF you
have borders around your scrappy diamond units (See Clue #4), use the
ones with background fabric borders for this step.

STEP
THREE: For the second
border, sew four scrappy Chevron units from Clue #5 together, end to
end making four border lengths. Using the HST scrappy units as corner
blocks, sew the borders to the quilt.

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NOTE: IF
you trimmed your HST to 5” in Clue #3, Cut twenty 1 1/2” X 5”
strips of assorted background fabrics. Insert these strips between
the scrappy chevron units as you sew the four pairs together. Sew one
strip to each end of your chevron rows. These are your
border lengths needed for
STEP THREE. Sew borders to quilt as described in Step Three.

STEP
FOUR: SINGLE FABRIC BORDERS

Cut
6 strips, WOF, 5 1/2” wide from your border fabric. Sew these
strips together end to end. I like to use a diagonal seam, but use
whatever works best for your sewing skill set.

Take
your quilt and measure the center from top to bottom and cut two
pieces to this length from your border fabric strip, sewing them to
the sides of your quilt center.

Press
the seams toward the borders.

Measure
the center of your quilt top from side to side and cut the two
remaining borders from your border fabric strip and sew them to the
top and bottom of your quilt. >

Press
the seams toward the borders.

Quilt
as desired. Suggested quilting would be any all over design as this
quilt is SO busy that custom quilting could be lost!

Enjoy
your quilt! (sorry about the borders fading into the carpet...I'm in
transit and have no design wall!)

You
can add more borders to make a bigger quilt. This quilt design will measure 80” X 100” if all units measure 5”... AND
it uses up a bit more from the scrap bin!

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